Concomitant therapy achieved the best eradication rate for Helicobacter pylori among various treatment strategies

Table 1 Characteristics of patients n (%)

	PAC group	PAM group	Sequential	Concomitant	P value
	(n = 170)	(n = 170)	(n = 170)	(n = 170)
Age, yr	55.6 ± 13.6	57.4 ± 12.8	58.3 ± 12.3	55.8 ± 12.6	0.1031
Gender					0.0602
Male	102 (60.0)	107 (62.9)	110 (64.7)	106 (62.4)
Female	68 (40.0)	63 (37.1)	60 (35.3)	64 (37.7)
Diagnosis					0.5532
Gastric ulcer	81 (47.7)	77 (45.3)	86 (50.6)	78 (45.9)
Duodenal ulcer	36 (21.2)	28 (16.5)	32 (18.8)	27 (15.9)
Gastritis	53 (31.2)	65 (38.2)	52 (30.6)	65 (38.2)

¹1-way ANOVA test;

²χ² test. PAC: Rabeprazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin; PAM: Rabeprazole, amoxicillin and metronidazole.